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Study traces history of legislation to help low-income households pay for energy
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KU names inaugural honorary degree recipients
LAWRENCE – A former Senate leader, the current Ford Motor Company CEO, a former FDIC chairwoman and a noted choral composer are the University of Kansas’ first four honorary degree recipients. ...
KU researchers at atom smasher help to collect breakthrough Higgs boson data
LAWRENCE — Momentous progress in the hunt for the Higgs boson, sometimes dubbed the “God particle,” depended in part on work from physicists from the University of Kansas. ...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Top expert on distracted driving available to speak about NTSB's proposed cell phone ban
LAWRENCE — Paul Atchley, associate professor of psychology at the University of Kansas, conducts pioneering research into issues of vision and attention related to driving. ...
Law students win 13 appeals cases for defendants who didn't receive fair trials
LAWRENCE – Everyone has the right to a fair trial, but when the legal system slips up, not all is lost. ...
University mourns death of student Yujie He
Media Advisory: Chancellor to present KU strategic plan to Board of Regents
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Chancellor congratulates new president of Emporia State University
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little issued the following statement on the appointment of Michael Shonrock as president of Emporia State University: ...
KU chemistry professor receives award from National Science Foundation
LAWRENCE — An assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kansas has received one of the most prestigious awards given to junior faculty by the National Science Foundation. ...
Public invited to 'State of the Libraries' address Dec. 8
LAWRENCE — In 2011, KU Libraries’ seven locations saw more than 1.5 million visits, the equivalent of each student at KU visiting 58 times. Librarians and staff taught 16,587 participants in 1,093 instruction sessions, and patrons checked out nearly 300,000 items. But the numbers only tell part of the story. ...
KU names new director of risk management
LAWRENCE – Identifying business efficiencies and managing risk are top priorities for the University of Kansas. As a result, KU has created a new position and hired an experienced corporate risk manager to lead the effort. ...
University mourns freshman Ryan Zwiener
Hall Center for the Humanities lands challenge grant for collaborative research
LAWRENCE – The National Endowment for the Humanities has notified the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas of a $425,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant award, contingent upon the Center raising a 3:1 match of $1.275 million. The resulting endowment will fund the Hall...
Researcher peers into universe's ancient past to better know how stars form
LAWRENCE — It takes light from our closest star, the Sun, about eight minutes to reach Earth. But light that leaves stars in distant galaxies takes a lot more time to reach our planet — billions of years more. ...
KU study: Journalism 'layoff survivors' tap resources to remain satisfied
LAWRENCE — Newspapers have been cutting staff left and right for several years, dramatically changing how those still in the field do their jobs. In the wake of declining financial resources, journalists who have been able to hold on to emotional resources such as trust, morale and perceived job quality...
Equal opportunity functions transferred to Office of Diversity & Equity
LAWRENCE — In order to emphasize the importance of diversity and equity at the University of Kansas, responsibility for equal employment opportunity, the Americans with Disabilities Act, affirmative action and other equal opportunity functions are being transferred to the Office of Diversity and Equity from KU’s Department of Human...
Kansas Audio Reader helping broadcast news for blind in Minnesota
LAWRENCE — For the next few days, the blind and others using Minnesota’s Radio Talking Books Network will be hearing the news through Kansas Audio Reader at the University of Kansas. ...
Kansas Geological Survey receives $11.5M to test storage of CO2 underground
LAWRENCE— The Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas has received a $11.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to test the safety and efficacy of storing carbon dioxide (CO2) — captured from an industrial source — deep underground in south-central Kansas. ...
Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures focus of second KU strategic initiative summit
LAWRENCE — The second all-day strategic initiative summit, Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures, will bring the KU community together Friday, Dec. 2. The summit is hosted by the Office of the Provost and will begin at 8:30 a.m. at The Commons in Spooner Hall. ...
KU law professor's book details storied history of federal district court in Kansas
LAWRENCE – “There is something about Kansas that inspires men and women to excel,” begins a new book by a University of Kansas law professor that colorfully commemorates the state’s branch of the federal court system. ...
KU lands grant to produce more English as second language teachers
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has earned a grant to improve education for students learning English by producing more Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, or TESOL, endorsed teachers. The grant will benefit teachers currently working in Topeka Public Schools, paraeducators with Topeka Public Schools and KU students...
Psychology department wins undergraduate advising award
LAWRENCE – The Department of Psychology at the University of Kansas has been recognized for outstanding undergraduate advising. ...
Heart disease expert to speak at KU
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Office of the Provost will host Dr. Kent Thornburg, a medical scientist internationally known for his work on the roots of adult-onset heart disease, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at The Commons at Spooner Hall. ...
KU researchers find foreign faculty more productive, less satisfied than U.S. peers
LAWRENCE — Three University of Kansas researchers have published a study showing that university faculty members born and educated outside of the United States are significantly more productive than their peers but are often less satisfied in their jobs. ...